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Representation ID: 10121

Received: 29/07/2022

Respondent: Mrs Marisa Chinn

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Re: Bedford Local Plan 2040 – Policy EMP6 Business Park
Development of agricultural land at Water End, Renhold

I am very disappointed to see the proposals being put forward for the farming land near my home. I moved here just over 3 years ago because I believed Renhold was a quiet rural village and that was exactly the type of place I wanted to live. I love how dark and quiet it is here at night and we can enjoy the starry skies, the wildlife is abundant, we've enjoyed seeing all types of birds here, deer etc, I am concerned that could change with this development.

I see many buildings around Bedford that are empty, this makes me question why these are not being used instead of a new build and what happens if these new units can't be filled as proposed, who knows what they will be allowed to be used for - warehousing, manufacturing, both could be noisy and light polluting.

I was surprised how busy the road here has become recently and can see how it is used as a short cut between the other side of Bedford travelling out to the A1. I think this new development will add to the problem. The road directly outside our home is narrow, there is no kerbing and HGVs passing each other here is not safe, it would be an accident waiting to happen.

I'm tired of fighting proposals that would ruin this village, we've had two proposals for housing developments at the other end of the village, then the East West Rail development and now this. I can only hope this project does not go ahead.